Indrabhūti ཨིནྡྲ་བྷཱུ་ཏི།

("The Enlightened Siddha-King")

892 CE –

Mahasiddha #42

Indrabhuti ཨིནྡྲ་བྷཱུ་ཏི། The Enlightened Siddha-King (late 9th century)

“The first tantrika,” archetypal tantric king, and inspiration for several tantric lineages; Indrabhuti for political reasons pledged his Buddhist sister Laksminkara in marriage to the prince of a neighboring Hindu kingdom. She went to live with the neighboring prince but soon became disillusioned with the materialism, superstition, and decadence of her new country. Late one night she fled the palace and found a cave in the mountains where she lived and practiced meditation, attained enlightenment and scandalously started teaching untouchables. This greatly upset the Hindu king but inspired Indrabhuti to do the same and leave the comfort of palace life to devote himself completely to his spiritual path. He rejected however a path that rejected sensual pleasure and sex and practiced the Guhyasamaja father-tantra in the Anuyoga Dzogchen lineage. Mahasiddha #42

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Quotes by Indrabhūti (2 quotes)

“Without spontaneous grace, no internal or external activity will bring about awakening.”

Themes: Wu Wei

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“The burden of government must be a punishment inflicted upon me by my karma.”

Themes: Politics and Politicians